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Unexpected crosswind

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A young pilot was in command of a Embraer 175 on final approach to land. There was a light wind as the plane passed its decision altitude and prepared to land. Moments before the plane touched down, a strong crosswind caused the plane to veer to one side and the left wingtip made contact with the ground. The wing flexed and the winglet was scratched, but didn’t break, and the plane continued its rollout without any further problems. Mechanics later examined the plane and decided that it needed maintenance work.

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Unexpected crosswind

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You don’t need to understand every word, just the most important ideas. Use your own words to write what happened.

You can listen as many times as you like.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 3+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: decision altitude (n.), veer (v.), flex (v.),

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777 crosswind landing

Here’s a video of an Emirates 777 trying to perform a crab landing at Birmingham (UK) airport in strong crosswinds.

Suggested ICAO level: 1+

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